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Saints of 30 May

33 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 30 May, with short facts.

Saints (20)

  • St. Joan of Arc Born: 6 January 1412 at Greux-Domremy, Lorraine, France. Died: burned alive on 30 May 1431 at Rouen, France. Canonized: 16 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. Also called Jean D'arc, Jeanne d'Arc, Jehanne Darc, and Maid of Orleans.
  • St. Anastasius II of Pavia Died: 680.
  • St. Basil the Elder Born: Caesarea, Cappadocia. Died: in 370 in Caesarea, Cappadocia.
  • St. Crispulus of Sardinia Died: c.130 at Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy.
  • St. Dymphna Born: Ireland. Died: beheaded in Gheel, Belgium. Patronage: against sleepwalking; sleepwalkers, against epilepsy; epileptics, for family happiness, incest victims, against the loss of parents, martyrs, nervous or neurological disorders, possessed people, and others.
  • St. Emmelia Died: in Caesarea, Cappadocia. Also called Emmélie, Emilie, Emilia, Emelia.
  • St. Euplius
  • St. Exuperantius of Ravenna Born: 4th century Italy. Died: 418. Also called Exsuperantius, Essuperanzio.
  • St. Ferdinand III of Castille Born: 1198 near Salamanca, Spain. Died: 30 May 1252 at Seville, Spain. Beatified: 31 May 1655 by Pope Alexander VII. Canonized: 1671 by Pope Clement X.
  • St. Gamo of Brittany
  • St. Gavino of Sardinia Died: c.130 at Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy. Also called Gabinus, Gavinus.
  • St. Isaac of Constantinople Died: 30 May 383 at Constantinople. Patronage: Romanov dynasty. Also called Isaac of Dalmatia.
  • St. Joseph Marello Born: 26 December 1844 at Turin, Italy. Died: 30 May 1895. Canonized: 25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Giuseppe Marello.
  • St. Luke Kirby Born: c.1549 in northern England. Died: hanged on 30 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed). Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
  • St. Madelgisilus Born: Ireland. Died: c.655. Also called Maguil, Mauguille.
  • St. Matiya Mulumba Born: at Busoga, Uganda. Died: hacked to pieces on 27 May 1886 at Old Kampala, Uganda. Canonized: 18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy. Also called Mattias Kalemba Murumba.
  • St. Reinhildis of Riesenbeck Died: date unknown.
  • St. Restitutus of Cagliari Died: early 2nd century in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
  • St. Venantius of Lérins Died: c.400.
  • St. Walstan of Bawburgh Born: 965 at Bawburgh, Norfolk, England. Died: 1016 in Taverham, Norfolk, England. Also called Walstan of Norfolk, Walstan the Generous, Walstan of Taversham, and Walston, Valstano.

Blessed (9)

  • Blessed Carlo Liviero Born: 29 May 1866 in Vicenza, Italy. Died: 7 July 1932 in hospital in Fano, Pesaro, Italy. Beatified: 27 May 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
  • Blessed Elisabeth Stagel Born: c.1300 in Zurich, Switzerland. Died: c.1360. Also called Elisabeth Staglin, Elisabeth Steiglin, and Elsbeth....
  • Blessed Lawrence Richardson Born: Great Crosby, County Lancaster, England. Died: hanged on 30 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 26 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed). Also called Lawrence Johnson and Laurence Richardson.
  • Blessed Marie-Céline of the Presentation Born: 24 May 1878 in Nojals, Dordogne, France as Jeanne-Germaine Castang. Died: 30 May 1897 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Beatified: 16 September 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. Also called Jeanne-Germaine Castang, Joan Germana Castang, and Marie-Céline Castang.
  • Blessed Otto Neururer Born: 25 March 1881 at Piller, Tyrol, Austria. Died: 30 May 1940 at Buchenwald, Thuringia, Germany. Beatified: 24 November 1996 by Pope John Paul II. Also called Ottone Neururer.
  • Blessed Richard Newport Born: Ashby Saint Legers, Northamptonshire, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Richard Smith.
  • Blessed Thomas Cottam Born: 1549 in Dilworth, Lancashire, England. Died: hanged on 30 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed William Filby Born: c.1557 in Oxfordshire, England. Died: hanged on 30 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England. Beatified: 26 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed).
  • Blessed William Scott Born: Chigwell, Essex, England. Died: hanged. Beatified: 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Also called Brother Maurus.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Aquileia Died: Aquileia, Italy.

Other (3)

  • Marta Maria Wiecka
  • Palatinus
  • Sycus

This list combines the Vatican News “Saint of the day” pages with a long-form calendar of saints, blessed, and feasts (credited on our Resources page). Calendars differ, so a note marks each place the sources disagree. This is not the General Roman Calendar. Resources · Sources & method

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